Someone explain this to me - Democratic Underground

Bad Thoughts

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Thu May-08-08 12:26 AM
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Someone explain this to me

Why, in this forum, there is a proliferation of posts that mirror one another? Why is "Candidate X should do Y" followed by "Candidate Z should do why" but a few minutes later? Is there some group of people who take pride in switching a few words around to counter others' arguments? Or have we run out of arguments? Or is there some random post generator that is taking everything written at GD:P and spitting it back out in gibberish?

I'm waiting for a post called "Someone don't explain this to me."

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seriousstan

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Thu May-08-08 12:29 AM
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1. Unfortunately, it's humans.

They live in their parents basement, post in their underwear or worse, have orange fingers from the Cheeto's they eat and will flame me for outing them.

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Muttocracy

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Thu May-08-08 12:30 AM
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2. Looks like you're on to something:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5879487

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mcctatas

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Thu May-08-08 12:31 AM
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4. well the OP said s/he was waiting for it...

i'm trying to be nicer :shrug:

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Muttocracy

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Thu May-08-08 12:32 AM
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5. I forgot my smiley - I thought your post was great! :)

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mcctatas

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Thu May-08-08 12:33 AM
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6. no worries...

:hi:

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Bad Thoughts

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Thu May-08-08 12:33 AM
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7. At least it was a joke

I half expected at serious rebuttal.

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file83

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Thu May-08-08 12:30 AM
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3. It's a pattern, yes. It's a way for someone to point out the failings of the argument

Edited on Thu May-08-08 12:32 AM by file83

by reversing the order. It exposes the flaw, in essence.

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NewHampshireDem

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Thu May-08-08 12:37 AM
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8. It's something of a DU tradition

Especially in the lounge, where a great many DU'ers spend their time between elections--which, as you know, is a long time.

However, it is sometimes used to illuminate/counter the spin.

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chknltl

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Thu May-08-08 01:53 AM
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9. Bleedover from an alternate universe...

Happens every now and then.... I wonder if they have the same problems with snark over there that we have over here...

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